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Michigan County Jail Loses Appeal on Legal Mail, Settles with ACLU

Loaded on April 3, 2017 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News April, 2017, page 54
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, PLN Litigation, First Amendment. Location: Michigan.

by Derek Gilna

Officials in Livingston County, Michigan have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, which argued that a “postcard-only” policy for mail sent to prisoners at the county jail interfered with the ACLU’s confidential communications with potential clients. …

 

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